Chapter 418 Apprenticeship
King Cheng had a lot on his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He just glanced at him and didn't look at him any more. At this moment, Xuanyuan Ling arrived.
As soon as Xuanyuan Ling arrived, everyone saluted together. After the salute, Xuanyuan Ling looked at them in a friendly manner and asked them all to stand up. After all, it was a celebration, and the atmosphere was not serious.
As they were talking, some people began to praise King Huai. This could be considered flattery. There were naturally people with sharp eyes, but there were also those who really couldn't understand. Some took advantage of today's celebration banquet to praise King Huai, thinking that he had done a good job and was praised by the Emperor, in front of the Emperor.
It was not visible on Xuanyuan Ling's face that he had already warned King Huai, so he didn't say anything at this time. However, people like King Cheng were already calling him an idiot in their hearts.
It would be fine if you didn't mention it, but if you did, wouldn't that be an insult to the emperor? The emperor has clearly seen that Prince Huai didn't do his job very well this time, so why are you still praising Prince Huai at this time?
King Huai was embarrassed by this compliment, and Xuanyuan Ling also felt upset.
King Cheng looked at the brave warrior who dared to praise King Huai in such an occasion and saved the situation: "I feel that I have seen too much singing and dancing. Why don't we do something else today? Since we are celebrating our victory, why don't we all have fun together?"
This would be inappropriate for anyone else to say, but for him, it's not a big problem.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at King Cheng: "Then what do you want to play?"
King Cheng said, "Keep it simple. It's a game of pitching pots. All the gentlemen throw pots. Whoever throws the most pots will receive a reward from the emperor."
Xuanyuan Ling said: "That's right, King Huai, you can bring your brothers to play together."
After that, palace servants immediately prepared the tools for tossing pots. No one dared to let Xuanyuan Ling move first. The emperor naturally watched the game. Xuanyuan Ling looked at them from a high place. The ministers did not watch. After all, everyone would have something to think about in such an occasion. King Huai hurriedly stood up, and the third prince followed first. The fourth prince lowered his head a little lower. The sixth and seventh princes were fine. At their age, they were not at the stage to think too much and were still looking forward to this kind of game.
And then this thing started.
It was King Cheng who proposed it, and he was the first one to join. As a prince, learning literature and martial arts are compulsory. King Cheng was very good at playing when he was not on duty. He did not hide it, and he wanted to start with a good start. Not only did he hit the target every time, but he also hit the target in both ears. After finishing, he said, "I haven't played for a long time, and my hands are a little rusty."
Xuanyuan Ling curled his lips when he saw King Cheng's expression, and just then he saw Xiaoliu leaning forward to watch, his eyes shining, and it seemed that he was very interested in this at first glance.
Xuanyuan Ling found it somewhat amusing. It was childish nature after all. But when he looked at the other princes, he realized that they did not dare to be as presumptuous as him.
King Cheng made a great start, then it was the turn of several princes. King Huai came first. He really didn't care much about this. It was just for fun, and it didn't matter whether he was good at tossing pots or not. But after all, he was in front of Xuanyuan Ling, so he still cared a little. Three of his five arrows went in.
Then it was the third prince’s turn, and he also shot three out of five arrows.
It was the fourth prince's turn, he scored two, then it was the sixth prince's turn, he also voted, and after he lost five, he scored one. After they finished voting, it was the seventh prince's turn, and he also scored one. All the princes did not miss, so they can be praised. After all, they are children, so if they do not miss, they deserve praise.
Xiaoliu was also praised, but he didn't look very happy at the moment. He just bowed to Xuanyuan Ling with a little excitement: "Father, I think pitching pots is very interesting. I want to learn it from my uncle. I want to take my uncle as my teacher."
King Cheng never expected this to happen, and neither did the other ministers.
King Huai didn't expect Xiaoliu to say such a thing, and he couldn't help but look at Xiaoliu more. King Cheng was the emperor's uncle, and an uncle who was relied upon by the emperor. It would be good if he could get help from the emperor's uncle in the court, but he couldn't get close to the emperor's uncle openly. As a result of Xiaoliu's action, he would have a chance to get close to him in the future.
King Huai was thinking this in his heart, but he saw Xiaoliu looking at Xuanyuan Ling firmly with an expression that said 'Father, I really want it'.
Prince Huai didn't dare to show such an expression in front of Xuanyuan Ling even though he was so old. Everyone in the palace knew that the Sixth Prince was bold. He was indeed very different from other princes in front of the Emperor. He seemed very natural, as if other princes treated the Emperor as their father, but he was different. This was of course related to Xuanyuan Ling's favor for Chen Qing, but many people also thought that the Emperor was the Emperor after all.
Just because Xuanyuan Ling was not so lustful as to be blinded by lust, some people secretly felt that the emperor was partial to Xiao Liu, who was so close to him and even behaved a little bit presumptuously. They also felt that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. If a child like this at such a young age did not do anything bad when he grew up, the emperor would not like it if he saw that Xiao Liu was young and cute and did not suppress him. But if he grew up and acted recklessly, he would not like it. Isn't that good?
Xuanyuan Ling laughed when he heard it. He was really curious about why he suddenly thought of this. He knew very well that Shen Qing would not teach the child these things on purpose, so he must have thought of it on his own. Since it was his own idea, he did not evade the child, but said: "Then you have to ask your uncle and ask if he is willing or not?"
Xiaoliu walked up to King Cheng and bowed deeply.
King Cheng looked at Xiao Liu in front of him with a smile on his face. He thought about what his brother had just said and looked at Xiao Liu's respectful look. He didn't feel scared at all because so many people were staring at him. He was very brave. King Cheng said naturally, "Of course I am willing to do it."
That's how it happened.
This was just an episode, and then the other adults played pot tossing. However, after the incident of King Cheng, when the banquet was over, those who had seen the incident and had thoughts gathered together and said, "The Sixth Prince is still young, so the Emperor will naturally favor him more."
They were wondering whether there was any deeper meaning behind the emperor's decision this time.
The Minister of Rites listened and smiled. He was doting on his son. If his son wanted to learn something, he knew what to learn and he would dote on him. The child looked energetic and looked very brave. Even though so many ministers were watching him, he did not seem timid and was very outstanding.
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